Presser-form for garments.



JACOB MOSES STEIN, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT F COLUMBIA.

PRESSER-FOBM FOR GARMENTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, 1908.

Application filed May 23. 1907. Serial No. 375854.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ACOB MOSES STEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, District of Columbia, have inhot iron.

vented certain new and useful Improvements in Presser-Forms for Garments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to presser forms for garments.

In the pressing of garments, it has been difficult to press the shoulders of coats expeditiously and satisfactorily. The shoulders of coats are usually pressed upon the wellknown bosom or presser blocks which tend to defeat rather than accomplish the object in view. In the use of this old type of block, the shoulder of the garment is placed upon the narrow end thereof. A damp cloth is then placed over the shoulder and a hot iron passed over the damp cloth repeatedly to steam the cloth of the garment so that the latter may be stretched. The stretching is done alternately with the application of the The goods cannot be stretched properly unless dampened in the manner stated. The ordinarybosom or presser blocks present a flat upper surface and when the steamed or dampened material of the goods is stretched thereover it tends to flatten or broaden the shoulder from front to rear in direct contradistinction to a narrowing and raising of the'shoulder. To effect a proper or high shouldered garment, it is essential that the shoulder be raised and narrowed from front to rear. An expert presser, regardless of the time he may consume, cannot possibly shape the opposite shoulders alike with the use of the ordinary bosom or presserblock, one side almost invariably being lower than the other, and surely so, when considerable time and patience is not manifested in the work. The fact of the matter is that the expert is compelled to the form. In tailoring establishments tlme is obviously at a premium and it is requisite to the business interests of the establishment that the garments be pressed not only expeditiously but satisfactorily to give the garment the proper effect.

It is therefore one object of my invention to provide a shoulder presser block embodying such characteristics that the shoulder of the garment may be raised and narrowed in direct contradistinction to a widening of the shoulder.

Another object in view is to insure the proper shaping of each shoulder in the quickest possible time without the continual movement of the garment to different positions upon the presser form, the form in the present instance itself providing the necessary shape and obviating the necessity of shifting the garment from one position to another during the pressing operation.

It is a still further object of my invention to provide a presser form constructed and arranged for detachable engagement with the ordinary bosom or presser form or with any other support and to have a firm immovable engagement with its support when attached thereto.

With the above and other objects in view, the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes may be made in the form, proportion, size and minor details without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspec tive view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating the invention secured to an ordinary presser or bosom block; and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the hne aa of Fig. 2.

Referring now more partlcularly to the accompanying drawings, the reference charunder face of the pressing surface of the old type of block, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The under face of my improved form is provided with a broad, flat bearing surface throughout its entire area, and in order that the bracket 3 will not interfere with a broad flat engagement of the form 2 of the block 1, I provide the under face of the form with a transverse recess 6 designed to receive the upper portion of the bracket 3, the bracket being secured in place by means of screws or in any other suitable manner.

One end of my improved form is shaped to provide a shoulder pressing portion, as indicated at 7, and the other end 8 of the form is shaped to provide a collar pressing portion, the front, back and top of the form between the shoulder and collar portions 7 and 8, respectively, being concaved and merged into said end portions. The form decreases gradually in cross section area from the shoulder end to the collar end thereof to provide a pronounced shoulder end to the form and the concave top portion corresponds with the depression in the garment between the collar and shoulder of the garment. I prefer to cover or pad the form with fabric or other suitable material 9 as shown in the accompanying drawing which should be so placed upon the form that its general shape will not be altered.

From the foregoing, it will be understood that my improved form is stationary when secured to its support, and that by reason of its peculiar form, the necessity of shifting the garment from one position to another is obviated. By reason of this peculiar shape of presser form the material of the garment may be pulled downwardly thereupon to stretch the garment to insure a lifting or raising of the shoulder without the employment of an expert presser and with the as surance that both shoulders will be raised and shaped alike. I

That is claimed is 1. A shoulder presser form having the configuration of a shoulder, a bracket fixedly secured to the bottom of the form intermediate the ends of the latter and projecting upon opposite sides thereof, one portion of the bracket having a screwthreaded opening, and a thumb screw operating in said opening for cooperation with the bracket.

2. The combination with a support having a flat surface, of a shoulder presser form having the configuration of a shoulder, the under face of the form being flat for flush engagement with the said fiat surface of the support, and means for securing the form in immovable position upon the support.

3. A form of the character described comprising a block having its inner end terminating in a flaring portion to provide a collar ironing surface and having its outer end terminating in a flaring portion to provide a pronounced shoulder ironing surface, the portion of the block between the collar and shoulder ends having its top concaved to correspond with the depression in the garment between the collar and shoulder of the garment.

In testimony whereof I a'lTiX my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB MOSES STEIN.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. HUToHIsoN, J12, L. SHUBooK. 

